The Supreme Court’s announcement on Friday that it would
soon consider whether states are constitutionally required to
license same-sex marriages will likely bring marriage equality to
the minority of states that still prohibit it, according to Michael
Boucai, a University at Buffalo professor who specializes on law
and sexuality. The Court will take up the matter in April, and a
decision is expected by late June.

Many veterans, after serving our nation well, face huge
challenges, including homelessness, lack of financial stability and
access to basic necessities. Next semester, the University at
Buffalo Law School clinical program will launch a new
Veterans’ Economic Security Clinic to help these heroes.

An “overwhelming” number of judicial decisions
finding a constitutional basis for same-sex marriage, and the
Supreme Court’s refusal to review those decisions, suggest
that it is just a matter of time before same-sex marriage is legal
nationwide , according to a University at Buffalo law professor and
expert on law and sexuality.

Two innovative public service endeavors have newly invigorated
the University at Buffalo Law School’s Jaeckle Center for
Law, Democracy and Governance. The first is a new blog covering New
York State election and voting rights issues; the second is the
creation of a non-partisan voting rights project.